Prof. Tatsuo Oji, former President of the Palaeontological Society of Japan (PSJ) and the staff of the Nagoya University, paid a visit to NIGPAS on February 23^rd -24^th. He discussed with Director YANG Qun of NIGPAS on the cooperation between PSJ and the Palaeontological Society China (PSC), gave a lecture on Ediacaran studies and observed the Ediacaran fossils stored in NIGPAS.